Our own crew does Vashon gutter cleaning from start to finish. Each run is flushed, flow-tested and left clean, the leaves and debris are hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave. Our gutter services are priced from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing that work on local roofs for years.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but on our jobs the stories and the load in the gutters decide most of it.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how we work the back run. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and a clog that has been building for a season takes longer to clean out than a light fall of leaves. A twig wedged in an elbow can hold back a whole run. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time at the top of the job.
Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A leak at a seam gets flagged on the spot and quoted separately, and if anything else we see changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our work covers the full range of homes, from single-family houses with a few runs to larger homes with long gutter systems. On Vashon homes with heavy tree canopy we have left gutters clean where needles and grit kept clogged downspouts blocked between visits, and on homes with few trees the load was mostly fall leaves. The homeowner who keeps their gutters clear through spring and fall usually spends less on the cleaning than the one who waits until the water is coming over the edge. Residential and commercial work follows the same logic: residential properties are quoted from stories and trees, and commercial properties are quoted per building on a schedule. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the drainage moving and the buildup from turning into a repair.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from what we can see and what you tell us about the stories and the trees.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall, usually late November to December, after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit clears the seed casings and pollen paste that clog the elbows, and the fall visit clears the leaf mat that holds water against the gutter. Freeze risk is part of the reason the fall visit matters in Vashon WA, because on houses that skipped it we have found runs that sagged under ice in the cold months.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is usually what the lot needs, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies for the same reason. Homes with few or no trees on the roofline are usually fine with one of our cleanings a year in late fall. Gutter guards reduce how often the gutter itself fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters stay on a shorter schedule than open ones.
When we open a gutter in the spring we check for the rainwater backing up behind a blockage and for any sag in the run, then flush every downspout to be sure the water flow is clear to the ground. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how fast it refilled. A gutter that is clean when the rain starts is the easiest one to keep that way.
Keep your gutters on a steady schedule and you protect your home from water damage, and the gutters and downspouts keep working through the storms when the rainwater volume is highest. The estimate for a regular visit is the same whether it is your first cleaning or your fifth.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works across Vashon and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning services we book are priced by the house, not by the neighborhood, and the same crew handles the gutter services from the first call to the last photo. When you call or text, we ask for the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. That is enough for a quote over the phone.
Lead time changes with the season. Our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both land on the same gutters. Booking early in those windows keeps your slot. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you are one of the Vashon homeowners who wants a clean gutter system without a sales pitch, the crew gives you the same straight answer on the first call as on the last visit. Every visit includes the flush, the flow check and the photos, and you will know before the work starts whether the job is one visit or a longer one. Gutter maintenance on a schedule is simpler than a cleanup after the water has already come over the edge.
We know the gutter cleaning process from the first call to the photos on your phone, and the crew handles every step. Get your gutters on the calendar before the heavy rainfall arrives, and the cleaning and maintenance cost less than the damage it prevents.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give it to you over the phone or by text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. On our jobs, a gutter left until the wet winter months fills with wet leaves, and where it freezes, the runs start to sag and the fascia can rot before spring, which is how a sagging run ends in structural damage.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week. Our cleaning services in Vashon are booked by the house, and most slots come up within the week, so we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and bags everything it pulls out, keeping it away from your home. Photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves, and the yard is left as clean as it was found. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and we check that the water reaches the outlet, and the outlet is clean when we leave. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. Where a downspout empties onto a landscape bed, we flag it, because the flow should carry water away from the house.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packed underneath, so the surface still gets cleared and the runs still get flushed.
If a clean rain gutter still overflows in the rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
